Filter-press.



P s. GUY & B. M. SMITH. FILTER PRESS.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 17, 1910.

1,069,546, Patented Aug. 5, 1913 3 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

F. S. GUY & B. M. SMITH.

FILTER PRESS.

APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 17, 1910.

1,069,546, Patented Aug. 5, 1913.

3 SHEETS-SHBET 2.

F. S. GUY 5 E. M. SMITH.

FILTER PRESS.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 17,1910.

1,069,,545,v Patented Aug. 5, 1913.

3 8HEETS-BHBET 3.

fire/6x221 M c/ cam/3% FREDERICK s. GUY AND EDWARD 2a. SMITH,

c. FI YME ASSIGNOB TO SAMUEL or Pnonm, m t xegfsim our or LocKron'r,.-ILLmo1s.

, airman-ra ses] Specification of Letters, lEatent. i

Application filed June it, 1910. Serial No.'567,391.

To all whom it maiz comer-n:

Be it known that we, FREDERICIYS; GUY and EDWARD ivi. SMITH, citizens of the United States, residing at Peoria, in the county of Peoria and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Filter-Presses; and we do'hereby declare that the following is a full,clear,and exact description of the invention, which will enable others s illed in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to a' filter press designed particularly for the separation of distillery and brewery slops although adapted as well for treating other materials needing separation. r Qne of the objects of the invention is to provide; an improved filter press of "the screw-conveyer type. A further object is to improve upon the arrangement of filter press described and shown in the patent issued to Frederick S. Guy on November 25th 1902 No. 714,174 in order to make a more thoroughly practicable apparatus.

The invention an object the provision of a pe'culiararrangement of parts and an improved form of screw-conveyer.

In the appended a plan of one form of the'filter press and its operating gear. Fig. 2 is an end elevation thereof. Fig. 3 is a side elevation' Fig. 4 is a plan of the filter press drawn on a larger scale showing its interior form and arrangement. Fig. 5 is .an end elevation of a section of a conveyer. Fig. 6 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 7 shows a portion of the conveyer-section in perspective. Fig. 8 is a transverse sectional elevation of a portion of the filter press showing two interenqaging members shown in Fig. 4.. Fig. 9 shows, in perspective, a portion of one of the members shown 'in Figs. 4 and 8. Fig. 10 is an end elevationof a part of the filter press showing certain of its parts in cross sectiomand Fig. 11 is a side elevation of the press in its simplest form.

Our filter is patterned, as to its appear-v ance and some of .itszparts, much aftertha't shown in the Frederick S. Guy patent referred to and like thatapparatus' consists preferably of an upper and lower east cylinder-section A and B respectively, made 'lo'whead G in the form of tight-1y closes that end of thejcylinder.

bore of'the sai besides the above has for drawings :-Figure 1 is said member N and the conveyer in'the form of a grating to allow for free escape of fluid. Each end of the cylinder thus constructed has a flange -'D' D to.

the first of'which is'bolted a'flangeddouble cylinder or double screw housing consisting of an upper and lower member E E, Fig. 8,. there 'beinga plate or double cylinder to close its 'openend' I To the opposite flange D -{is bolted a hola hat which The 'd head is preferably equal in diameter to that of the cylinder and the bore of the latter is the same diameter throughout its length; '1

Lying inthecyli 'der is 'a screw-conveyer H constructed somewhat in the manner as the ordinary screw-conveyerf and this occupies substantially one'half of'jth'e length of the cylinder andlies "in what -may be termed the rear end of the latter or that end nearest the double cylinder-E. -"5Adjacent to said conveyer and positionedw'ithin the said double cylinderE is also a'scre'wconveyer J. both said conveyers H and J working in conjunction and "arranged whereby both in revolving will carry material in the same direction. A shaft-K carries both conveyors and has its hearings in the heads F and'G and both said conveylers are securely held on the shaft so as to ;be positively driven thereby; Lying in the bore of the cylinder agalnst its walls is-a perforated lining consisting," for-instance, of a piece of wire gauze'L upon wh chis preferably placed a second .perforated inner head F bolted tosaid lining M, the conveyer revolving within the lining M in close proximity to it though not permitted to rub upon it.

"The double cylinder E has a cavity P" which communicates with the bore containmg the conveyor .J. and in this cavity'is'a member'N provided in the present instance with a spirally cut groove N in wh ch the flight of the conveyer J seats said member N being carried on a shaft 0 suitably mounted in the end wall of the sa d double cylinder and in the head F. The

J necessarily revolve in. opposite directions or t ward one another, the purpose of which' is to provide a continuous. pressure as will be described later although it is to be understood that this-arrangement-cf device may The head G"hereinhe.--

jperh aps he altered.

and works also provided with a fore described is provided in its under side with a discharge opening P which is covered by a trap-valvejQ carried at one end of a lever R having its fulcrum for instance on a hanger S attached to the body of the press as in Fig. 10; the outer end of said'lever having a weight S suspended therefrom which may be arranged to hold the trap upon the openingB with a variable pressure by which any desired pressure may be placed upon the material before it is dischargedbut this is common to presses of this type. Within the said head G and car ried by the shaft K is a sweep consisting of a hub T with two arms U radiating from it which discharge the material through the opening P. Thesaid hub T is substantially the same diameter-as the hubs of the conveyers' H and J and has an annular groove W in its end facing the conveyer H and the hub of saidconveyer H is provided with a shoulder, for instance, as indicated at V in Fig; 4. Between the hubs thus arranged, with one end in the groove W and the other engaging the hub having the shoulder, is a pipe,W whose exterior diameter is substantially equal to those of the.hubs. The annular space between the walls of the cylinderand the pipe and between the walls of the several sections abut so as to make a screw-,

conveyer having a continuous unbroken flight. The peculiarity of our ,form of screw-conveyer is that in the edgeof the flight of each section is a groove 2 which, as shown in Figs. 5, 6 and 7 may be closed at one endand open at its other or both ends may be closed if desired. In the present instance, however, the open end oft-he groove of one section is closed by means of a Wall 3 of an adjacent section where the two said sections abut. As shown in Fig. '7 a portion of one of the side walls of the grooveat the open end, for instance, is removed leaving a notch as indicated at 4. Though not shown the conveyer J may be roove such as has been described though in practice it has a particular purpose and advantage as used on the'conveyer H and this will presently appear.

In order that the press and its gearing .can be transported as a unit, we provide a cast base 5 to. which are bolted standards or legs 6 which support the cylinder A B.

On one of the standards 6 are journaled the ends of two shafts 7 and 8 whose other ends are mounted in a second outer standardor leg 9. On the shaft 7 is a loose pulley 1O made'to drive the shaft when desired by means of a clutch section 11 slidable on said shaftand revoluble therewith and operated by a suitable lever 12. Adjacent the pulley is' a pinion 13 which meshes with a gear 14 on the opposite shaft 8, while a pinion 15 on the latter shaft meshes with a gear 16- on the shaft K of the press and said shaft K, through a gear 17 thereon, imparts a reverse direction of movement to the shaft 0 before described through a gear 18 on that shaft.

The upper section of the double cylinder portion E is provided with an open hopper E into which the material to be separated is discharged'and this said hopper is preferably immediately above the conveyer or screw J and the direction of revolution of said conveyer J is such that the material is carried into the cylinder A B, and into the conveyer H and moved toward the discharge end of said cylinder. The double screw arrangement made up of the said conveyer J and its companion member N are used in orer to positively force the material under treatment into the cylinder A B; said arrangement acting much in the same capacity as thewell known rotary pump; the parts J and N working so closely together as to literally pump the material and maintain a continuous pressure thereon toward the conveyer H. With some kinds of slop such as brewers slop, for instance, the use of this pressure device has been found to be of importance and of value while for the separation of distillery slop the simpler form of press shown in Fig. 11 answers. This may be better understood by stating that distillers slops are in a semi-fluid state so as to readily flow due to the large percentage of water so that such material Wlll readily be moved along by the conveyer H until at about the time it has reached the end of that member it is sufficiently free of water so that it can be packed under pressure at the open end of the cylinder- Brewers grains or slop, however, are of a very different consistency, that is to say, the percentage of water as compared with that ofdistillers slop is very much less and in fact so much less that the material is almost a pasty mass in consequence of which. it would stick to the conveyer H and revolve with it as a solid mass in the absence of pressure behind it as provided, for instance, by such an arrangement as the screw J and member N. Since these parts J and N work at a snug fit the material must move forward into the cylinder A B and after its passage into the latter the separation of the solids and fluids begins. The cylinder by being in the form of a grating and in having the straining portions L M, provides forthe escape of the fluids but it has been found that the gluten and particles of grain quickly cover or fill the openings in the strainer M thus closing themto the free passage of said fluids. In order to provide for keeping the strainer free of these materials it has been found necessary to keep it constantly wiped. 'We have employed heretofore, a continuous strip of rubber or metal packing upon the edge of the conveyer but besides being detrimental to the strainer it was found that this packing sooii wore away so that at short 1ntervals said packing needed replacing as well as the strainer. Such a form of packing is unsatisfactory, also, in that it is hardly possible to make it fit snugly in the strainer so as to keep the entire surface of that member swept free of the gluten. \Ve have found that by providing the open groove 2 in the edge of the conveyor, as described herein before, it will fill with the slop which form a natural packing that entirely conforms to the surface of the strainer and keeps said strainer perfectly clean at all oints. Preferably'the grooves are divided into a series of short grooves as described, within each of which the-solid material will tightly pack. This material is always in intimate working contact with the strainer and as parts of it are removed by rubbing upon said strainer theyare at once replaced with more so that the natural packing thus provided is always performing its duty while the press is in operation. The effect produced by the packing is quite marked, in that, as the conveyor revolves a stream of fluid is seen to issue through the strainer immediately behind the flight and follows said flight throughout its entire length showing the perfect work done. This constant clearing of the strainer creates a ready relief for the fluids and discharges a very much larger amount of fluid in a given time than under the older method. it has been stated quite early herein that the conveyer H is not permitted to have contact with or rub upon the lining M though working quite close to it. Experience has taught that if the conveyor or any solid packing thereon is allowed to rub upon the said lining that member is destroyed in a very short time. Our aim, therefore, is to provide against this result and cause the solid materials to fill the space intervening between the conveyor and the strainer as 7 already described. There is thusno needed outlay for packings or new strainers. The action of the press can, therefore, be continuous since it can remain in constant and uninterrupted action for long periods of time without any attention Whatever.

By providing a series of short grooves in communication with the interior of the cylinder each very quickly fills and is kept filled the solid portions of with solid parts which enter through the opening 4. Aconti-nuous pressure is kept upon the material in the grooves'due to theback pressure of the material which enters through the opening 4 and said material must necessarilybe forcedoutward against the strainer.'.

Considerable space is left between the veyer H and the discharge end of the cy'linder at the-head G in which the-solid portions can he placed under pressure and this said space is an annular one and as stated hereinbefore has substantially the same measurement throughout its length due to the pipe W and for this reason the solid material can be forced toward the'discharge' opening with the least amount ofpower and strain on the machine since there are no shoulders or projections to'retard' the movement of the mass underpressure. The ma terial in its solid tubular form can therefore be worked toward the discharge opening without being changed in form. As the mass comes in contact with the arms U of the sweep it is pulverized and discharged through the opening P. I 1

Since there is necessarily considerable end pressure upon the shaft K in a direction opposite to that in which the pressure on the material is applied, a thrust bearing for the shaft is provided. through the use of a threaded nut 19 on the shaft which bears upon a washer 20 lying next to the head G which in turn bears against the hub extension on the head G as shown. By adjusting the nut .the shaft can be shifted. in the direc- 'tion of its length and all lost motion readily taken up and the thread that receives the nut is so cut on the shaft that the tendency of said nut is rather to'tighten than otherwise, during the revolution of said shaft.

As distinguished from the press of the Guy patent above, the inlet for the material to be treated is at the end having the double screw and the discharge is at the end of the 510 cylinder A B opposite said double screw. This arrangement is found to yield far more satisfactory results and at a smaller operating expense, by eliminating an outside pumping device, and with a smaller outlay 3,15 for apparatus in consequence. It is found that there is a far better separation of the materials under treatment by placing the interengaging portions J, N, at the receiving end of the machine to receive the slop instead of placing it at the discharge end. The solid parts need no special pressure device of the double screw order; the pressure from the screw or conveyor H upon the material being sufficient before reaching the outlet. But by placing the said double screw at the inlet end the slop is directly received thereby and forced toward and into the strainers. The bulk of material the substantially equal to that entering the inlet prising two rotating engaging parts within opening and the said double-screw can move i said receptacle, and a single member lying it away and dispose of it in a much shorter time than by the older methods. And not this alone, it is moved so rapidly that the liquid parts are discharged with force through the strainer assisting thereby 'in keeping the latter free of obstructing matter and the fluids thereby quickly pass out while the solids are more quickly gathered by the screw H and forced toward the exit. We have then, as advantages over the earlier forms of press, the reduction of cost of operation, the reduction in the cost of the necessary apparatus, and the quicker handling of a given bulk of slop ina given time by a peculiar arrangement of the parts in the relation they bear to one another.

A speedy handling of the slop is the result and a continuous discharge of solid materials is made possible. The member N which operates in conjunction with the conveyer or screw J is providedwith a sweep N at one end. as shown in Fig. 9. A space is left between the end of said member N and the adjacent end wall of the members E except as to a hub N which bears against said wall. The said sweep may be cast with 01' secured to the member on its end face and lying in said space.

It has been found inpractice that if the end face of the member N is allowed to bear directly against the said end wall the solid materials in the slop collecting between these parts will become packed thus making the machine stick and resulting in the driving belt being thrown off. But by making the member a little less in length than the length of the bore that receives it and placing said sweep N 2 in the space thus created the material is kept thoroughly cleared away.

Having thus described our invention, we claim.

1. In a filter press, the combination with a receptacle to receive the material to be separated and arranged for the free discharge of fluids therefrom, having a receiviing opening and a discharge opening, of means in the receptacle forfreceiving the said material and positively forcing it toward the discharge opening comprising two rotating, engaging parts within said receptacle, and a member situated between the means and the discharge opening for positively moving the solid materials toward said opening.

2. In a filter press, the combination with a receptacle having a'receiving opening and a discharge opening widely separated, said receptacle arranged for the free discharge of fluids therefrom, of means within the recept-acle for directly receiving material from said receiving opening for positively forcing it toward the discharge opening combetween the said means and the discharge opening to receive the solid material from said means and positively move it toward said discharge opening.

3. In a filter press, the combination of a receptacle having a receiving opening for the material to be separated and a discharge opening for the solid parts of the same, means within the receptacle to receive and positively move the material toward the said discharge opening comprising a screw conveyer and a rotating part to work in intimate engagement therewith, and a single continuous conveyer interposed between the said means and the said discharge opening but separated from the latter by a space.

4. In a filter-press the combination of a body provided with a cylindrical bore, and

having provision in a portion of its walls for the discharge of liquid, a strainer covering said portion, a screw conveyer revoluble within the strainer and extending throughout a part of the length of the latter, a discharge opening in the cylinder, means at said opening for ejecting solid matter therethrough and separated from the conveyer by a space, there being a receiving opening in said cylinder, and means in the cylinder adjacent to the opening comprising interengaging screw portions to receive the material to be treated.

5. In a filter press the combination of a body provided with a bore and having provision in a portion of its wall for the discharge of liquids, said body having an inlet opening, a pressure device within the body to receive the material to be treated comprising two interengaging screw portions, a screw conveyer within the bore and arranged to receive the material from said device, and a discharge opening for the solid material beyond said screw conveyer.

6. In a filter-press the combination of a body provided with a bore and having a cylindrical perforate wall, a screw conveyer therein whose periphery is separated from said wall by a space, there being a receiving opening in the body for receiving the ma- 115 terial to be treated, a pressure device for receiving said materials within the body comprising two interengaging screw portions, the axis of one of them coinciding with the axis of the screw conveyer, and a single 120 shaft carrying said conveyer and the coinciding screw. portion that part of the body having the said device being imperforate.

7. In a filter-press the combination of a body provided with a bore and having a cy- 125 lindrical perforate inner wall, a screw conveyer therein whose periphery is provided with an open groove and separated from said wall by a space, said body having 'a receiving opening for the material to be 130 within the receptacle to inclose said treated, a of said bore adjacentthe receiving opening comprising two interengaging screw portions, that part of the body having the device being imperforate,' and a single shaft carrying the screw conveyer and one of the screw portions 8. In a filter press, the combination ofa receptacle having a receiving opening and a discharge opening, means for directly receiving slop from said receiving opening comprising a hub having a spirally arranged flight and an adjoining hub having a spirally arran ed groove to receive said flight and adapted to positively force the slop toward the discharge opening, a single continuous screw-conveyer adjoining the said device at one end and separated at its other end from the discharge opening by a space, and means to positively discharge the solid materials of the slop through said discharge opening. 9. A for the material to be separated and provided with a receiving and a discharge opening that part of the receptacle having said receiving opening being otherwise imperforate, means within the imperforate'portion of the receptacle for receiving the material comprising two interengaging positively driven members to ositively force the material in the direction of the discharge opening, and a member between the said means and the discharge opening to receive the material from the former and discharge it through the latter.

10. 'A filter press for the material to be separat vid ed with a receiving openin and a discharge opening, that part of t e receptacle in the vicinity of said receiving opening bein otherwise imperforate, means within the imperforate portion for receiving the material comprising two interengaging osilively driven members to positively the material in the direction of the discharge opening, a member lying between the said means and the discharge opening to discharge the solid material through the said comprising llreceptacle e and pro discharge opening and a perforate lining member. 11. In a filter press, the combination of a receptacle havin r/ a receiving inlet opening for slop, and a discharge opening, a screwconveyer between the inlet and discharge openings, and means situated between the conveyer and the inlet opening for receiving the material to be separated, the same comprising two interengaging members adapted to revolve together and adapted also for positively moving slop toward and into saidconveyer.

12. In a filter press, the comblnation of a pr snr de e se n a part.

filter press comprising a receptacle vwith a cylindrical bore,v

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inder, a member secured at the end of said cylinder opposite the end havin said dischar e opening and having twin ores communicating with and paralleling one another, one of them coninciding with the bore of the cylinder, a screw-conveyer in said bore, an a member i the adjoining bore to interengage with t e last named screw-conveyer, t-h ere being a receiving opening in communication with one of the said twin bores.

13. The combination of a member having twin bores paralleling one another, one of them having an open end, the other having closed ends, a filter body connecting with the bore having the open end, a screw-conveyer in one of said bores, means in the other of the bores interen aging with the said screw-conveyer, and a 'evice carried by and extending radially of said means between it and an adjacent wall of the member for the purposes set forth.

14. The combination in a filter press, of a body provided with a bore, and a rotatable -screw-conveyer therein arranged to revolve in close roximity to the walls of said bodyand having an open groove in its edge, there being means of communication between the said bore and said groove.

15. The combination in a filter press, of a body provided with a bore, aperforated lining in said bore, and a screw-conveyer also in said bore and having an open groove in the periphery of the same.

16. The combination in a filter press, of a body provided with a bore, a rotatable screw-conveyer therein having its periphery in close proximity to the walls of said body, and an open groove in said periphery, the same being separated at intervals into a series of short grooves.

17. The combination of a body provided a screw-conveyer rotatable therein and provided in its periphery with a series of open grooves.

18. The combination of a body provided wit-h a cylindrical bore, a screw-conveyer rotatable therein and provided in its periphery with a continuous series of open grooves arranged end to end and separated from one another by a wall.

19. The combination of a body provided with a bore, a screw-conveyer rotatable therein and provided with a series of noncommunicat-ing open grooves there being openings in the conveyer through which the grooves communicate'with the bore of the said body.

20. A conveyer made up of a series of adjoining and abutting sections each said section provided in its periphery with an open groove, said groove being closed at one end and provided with an opening at its other end.

21. In a filter press the combination with a body having a cylindrical bore, of a screw the conveyer communicating with thegroovethrough which the said groove communicates with sai'd'bore.

23. Thec'ombinati'on of the hollow body of afilter press and its wall, a screw conveyer in said body smaller in diameter than 1 the bore of said body and separated from said wall by an annular space, said conveyer having a series of grooves'in its edge lying I endv to end, and, a fwall separating each groove from itsneighbor, there being a series of openings in the side of the conveyer each communicating with one of the grooves.

24. Ina filter ress the combination of a" member provide with l atcyliiidrioal bore,

' said bore having*perforationsin. its wall,

and a screw-conveyer revoliibleiinsaid member andhaving in 'its vperiphery or face, a roove extendin longitudinally along said face, theaface o said-conveyer being separated from the wall-of the bore by a space, there being an opening-- in the conveyer throu h which the groove communicates with t c said here. 7 1 Y r 25. In a filter press the'combination of a member, provided with-a cylindrical bore,

said bore having perforations in itswall,

and a screw conveyer revoluble in said member and having its periphery separated therefrom by a space,there being a seriesof grooves in and extending along said periphcry and separated from one another, there: also being an opening in the conveyer at each groove through which each communicates with the bore. v

26. In afilter press the combination of a body having a cylindrical bore, the walls.

ofsaid bore being perforate, a screw-conveyer in said bore having its periphery sepa rated from the said-walls :by a space and provided in its said periphery with a series of grooves, a ;wall separatingadjacent grooves, each said groove having communi- I cation with said bore by an opening there: from inthe sideof-thefsaidconveyer;

27; A 's,crew-conveyer section having Ea groovein and extending along the periphery of'it sflight, said flight having an opening inits side communicating with said'groove, 28. A screw-conveyer having a groove in the outer face of its flight, said flight having an opening in its side communicating with said groove.

'29. The combination ina filter press, of

jacent the lining, there being an opening in the side of said conveyer in communication with the cove.

31. In a filter press the combination of a screw-conveyer comprising a flight continuous and junbroken throughout its length, a body provided with a straight cylindrical bore to receive said conveyer, a discharge opening in the wall of the body for the material separated, means to positively discharge the material, the said conveyer and said means being separated by a space.

32. In a filter press the combination of a screw-conveyer consisting of a flight continuous and unbroken throughout its len h, a body provided with a straight cylindrical bore to receive the conveyer, there being a discharge opening in the wall of said body, a member rotatable opposite said opening, the said conveyer and the member being separated by a space, and a device interposed between the member and the conveyer within said space and of a diameter substantially equal to that of the conveyer at the base of its flight, said device extending from the conveyer-hub to the rotatable member.

33. In a'filter press the combination of a conveyer comprising a hub and a continuous and unbroken spirally arranged flight thereon, a body to receive said conveyer and :having an opening therein remote from said conveyer for the discharge of the material separated a member rotatable opposite said opening to discharge said material there- -through and se arated from the conveyer by a space and a dbvice interposed between the member and the conveyer and lying in said space and corresponding in, diameter to thediameter of the said hub, and "extending between the conveyer-hub and said member;

conveyer comprising a hub*a1id {continuous and unbroken spirally arrangedvtflight, "a'

body to receive said conveyer-,andjhavmgan h conveye 11s is y 34. In a filter press the'combination oa- 1 of the member and conveyer. and substan-- tially of the same diameter as saidhubs; j

'35. In a filter press thecombinationiof a...

body provided with a c lindrical bore, the. walls of which are per orate, a screw-conveyer'provided with a groove in the periphery thereof lying adjacent the walls of said bore, there being a-receiving opening and a discharge opening for solid materials communicating with the bore, the said conveyer lying between them, and a pressure device in said bore comprising two interengaging members to receive the said material.

36. In a filter press the combination of a body provided with a cylindrical bore, the walls of which are perforate, a screw-conveyer provided with a groove in the periphery thereof lying adjacent the walls of said bore, there being a receiving opening and a discharge opening for solid materials communicating with the bore, the said conveyer lying between them a pressure device in said bore comprising two interengaging members to receive the said material, and a member to positively eject the solid material through the discharge opening.

37 In a screw press, the combination with a casing and an expressing screw therein, of a rotary baflle member arranged at the material-receiving end of the casing and engagin between the flights of the screw to compe the advance of the material and to prevent retrograde creeping thereof.

38. In a screw press, the combination with a casing and an expressing screw therein, of a rotary spiral baffle arranged at the material-receiving end of the casing and extending between flights of the screw the full depth of the interval between the flights, and means for positively turning the battle in a direction to compel the advance of the material toward the outlet and to prevent retrograde creeping of the material. I

39. In a screw press, the combination of a casing, a screw conforming to the interior of the casing and operating in close relation thereto, the space between the spiral flanges oi the screw, the body of the screw, and the casing, forming a spiral chamber, one of the walls of the chamber having openings for the escape of the fluid, and a' rotary baflie having its flanges extending into the spaces between the screw flanges and filling said spaces in a part of the screw inclosed by the casing and closing the receiving end of the spiral chamber.

In testimony whereof we aflix our signatures, in presence of two witnesses.

v FREDERICK S. GUY. EDWARD M. SMITH. Witnesses:

. L. M. THUPLow,

ARTHUR KEITHLEY. 

